A 40-year-old man stabbed a person at a Mandeville gas station in an armed robbery and then led officers on a chase through the town before crashing into a tree, police said in a news release on Thursday.

According to the release from the Mandeville Police Department, Johnathon Leger, 40, attempted to rob two victims at knife point at a Taco Bell in the 2000 block of Florida Street about 11 p.m. Wednesday. The victims thwarted Leger's attempt, police said, and then fled the scene.

While police investigated the incident, another report of an armed robbery was reported at the Exxon gas station in the 2700 block of Florida Street -- with identical descriptions of the incidents, according to the release.

In the second incident, police said the victim was stabbed in the neck with a box cutter and the victim fell unconscious due to the attack.

Police said they were able to get a description of the vehicle -- a white Volvo with no license plate and one headlight.

A Mandeville patrol officer located the vehicle shortly thereafter and began a pursuit on Highway 190. St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies and State Police assisted in the chase, which ended in Covington when Leger crashed the vehicle into the tree in a neighborhood.

After a brief foot chase, police arrested Leger on two counts of armed robbery and one count each of aggravated battery and aggravated flight.